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Thames at Oxford to get bathing status in effort to clean up English rivers

Campaigners hope encouraging wild swimming will press water companies to reduce discharge of raw sewage

The Guardian - UK

River Thames stretch could become first place to get alerts on whether water is safe to bathe

Port Meadow in Oxford could become the first area to have the alerts

Wales Online

Oxford vs Cambridge Boat Race 2022: How to watch this year’s clash

Thousands of eager spectators are expected to line the banks of the Thames for the annual Oxford vs Cambridge boat race on Sunday.

Evening Standard

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Future of the Boat Race is at risk because of Thames pier plan, warns MP

The annual event was cancelled in 2020 because of the pandemic, and was held under restrictions in Cambridgeshire in 2021.

The Independent UK

Rollercoasters v water voles: ‘Disney-on-Thames’ plan could devastate wildlife

Proposed theme park the size of 136 Wembleys will threaten protected species and local jobs, say campaigners

The Guardian - UK

£25m events ‘superyacht’ to host dinners and galas on the Thames

A £25 million events “superyacht” with space for up to 1,500 guests is to start hosting dinners, receptions and product launches on the Thames from this autumn.

Evening Standard

‘My husband drowned after white men threw him in River Thames’

Exclusive: ‘In the seventies, it didn't matter if you were black,’ Jamaican businesswoman and philanthropist Theresa Roberts tells The Independent

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The Crystal: Shiny new City Hall can turbocharge our East End

Set against a backdrop of derelict Thames riverfronts, classic Eighties gangster flick The Long Good Friday saw Bob Hoskins play crook-trying-to-go-straight Harold Shand and his grand plan to regenerate London’s docks.

Evening Standard

The future of the River Thames, 1967

Hovercraft buses were on their way, apparently. By Chris Hall

The Guardian - UK

The original climate crisis – how the little ice age devastated early modern Europe

Just as the UK was recovering from storms Eunice and Franklin, scientists of UN’s the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a landmark report warning of a future with spiralling weather extremes, fiercer storms, flash flooding and wildfires.

The Conversation

London Larks: Your weekly humour fill, from nosy mannequins to lorry mishaps

A lorry driver found himself the unfortunate victim of rising water levels on the Thames this week, when he seemingly misjudged where the river ended and began and ended up himself semi-submerged in the rising tides.

Evening Standard

Skip lorry driver trapped after vehicle slips into the Thames

The lorry driver was trapped in the vehicle for more than 30 minutes

Evening Standard

Newcastle United fans take over the River Thames on a party boat before Brentford clash

Newcastle United fans were spotted sailing down the River Thames before the club's clash at Brentford

Chronicle Live

A great walk to a great pub – Rose in Bloom, Whitstable, Kent

Rich in wildlife and history, this coastal walk ends at a pub with splendid views of the Thames estuary

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Daily Record

Storm Eunice tears London O2 Arena roof to pieces as UK experiences record-breaking winds

On the banks of the River Thames, the winds have taken out a significant chunk of the venue's white covering, made of a material known as Sheerfill.

Daily Mirror

Storm Eunice rips roof off London's O2 arena as record-breaking gusts blast UK

Storm Eunice has caused serious damage to the O2 Arena's iconic roof, with pieces of panelling seen flying into the Thames amid huge gusts of wind battering the country

Evening Standard

Cycle lane could be extended along Chelsea Embankment after series of collisions

A protected cycle lane could be extended along Chelsea Embankment to reduce the risk from traffic crossing the Thames.

The Independent UK

5,000-year-old human bone found in River Thames

Experts estimate it belonged to a person who lived somewhere between 3516 and 3365 BC

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River Thames could get first designated wild swimming site

Local pressure group applies for bathing water status for stretch of Thames through Oxford

Evening Standard

Historian warns of sunken WW2 ship packed with tons of TNT in Thames

A historian says he is a “nervous wreck” about plans to cut off the masts of a sunken WW2 cargo ship laden with explosives jutting out of the River Thames.

Daily Mirror

Speedboat killer Jack Shepherd 'cashes in on tragedy with twisted memoir'

Speedboat killer Jack Shepherd has reportedly written a twisted account of the tragic drunken Thames crash that killed his date Charlotte Brown, from his prison cell

The Guardian - UK

Sir Mo Farah: ‘I would have loved to play for Arsenal’

The athlete, 38, tells Rich Pelley about winning the Olympics in London, jogging down the Thames, his strict training regime and how often he shaves his head

Evening Standard

Two billion litres of sewage dumped into River Thames in just two days, report finds

More than two billion litres of raw sewage were dumped in the River Thames in just two days, according to a report.

The Independent UK

UK’s first hybrid high-speed passenger ferries being built

Uber Boat by Thames Clippers announced it will operate two vessels being built at the Wight Shipyard on the Isle of Wight.

Daily Mirror

Queen’s swans struck down with bird flu with vets having to cull 26 at Windsor

Government officials were called along with a vet to exterminate 26 of the majestic birds at a swan rescue centre and six other swans have been pulled lifeless from the River Thames

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